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Hey friends, it's your friendly neighborhood Matt Brown from Extra Points.

I'm very thankful that so many folks on this subreddit have enjoyed our reporting, newsletters, and computer games..particularly Athletic Director Simulator 4000. That game is *normally* behind our subscription paywall, but we've turned that off a few times for the community to enjoy.

Today is one of those days. Since MGoBlog is down today due to server cleanup stuff, we partnered with them to create a SPECIAL MICHIGAN EDITION of ADS4000, which you can play, for free, at www.mgoblog.com. Yes, I am still an Ohio State fan. But that doesn't mean you can't work with your friends to make cool stuff.

The special Michigan version removed some of the other fight songs, and added special, unique scenarios for low majors (a school like Detroit-Mercy), mid-majors (a school like Eastern Michigan) and high majors (cmon).

I'll be around today in and out around this thread if anybody wants to talk about ADS4000/game development/super nerd CFB stuff. Thanks, and I hope you enjoy it!

Hi friends, I hope this is the right place to post this (mods can delete if not).

My name is Matt Brown, and by trade, I'm a sports journalist. I run extra points, a leading newsletter that covers business, policy and off-the-field stories in the college athletics industry, and have been writing about the ins and outs of how college sports actually works for over a decade. Our newsletter is here if you want to read it, but I promise that's not the point of this post.

We made a computer game (Athletic Director Simulator 4000) that I think could potentially be classified as a Tycoon game. It ISN'T an AI-driven game (although we've made those too), but a game where you tackle real scenarios that athletic departments battle...while juggling your athletic performance, budget, fan approval and campus approval.

Do well and you get promoted to bigger schools with bigger problems. Do poorly, and get fired.

the game is normally behind our subscription paywall (we use it as part of our college curriculum package), but we're friends with a huge Michigan fansite, and made it free today. You can play it here:

www.mgoblog.com

Would love your feedback/thoughts/etc, as I try to think of new features to add, how to better balance the game, etc. I'm very interested in making other game projects at the intersection of American college athletics and "management", and I'm sure folks here would have lots of good ideas!

thanks friends!

-Matt